# Megamonas

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{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Megamonas
| authority = Shah and Collins 1983
| type_species = ''Megamonas hypermegale''
| type_species_authority = corrig. (Harrison & Hansen 1963) Shah & Collins 1983
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ref = <ref name=LPSN/>
| subdivision =
* ''M. funiformis''
* "''Ca''. M. gallistercoris"
* ''M. hypermegale''
* ''M. rupellensis''
}}

'''''Megamonas''''' is a genus of [Bacillota](/source/Bacillota) [bacteria](/source/bacteria) classified within the class [Negativicutes](/source/Negativicutes).<ref name=LPSN /><ref name=NCBI />

==Phylogeny==
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the [List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature](/source/List_of_Prokaryotic_names_with_Standing_in_Nomenclature) (LPSN)<ref name=LPSN>{{lpsn3|genus/Megamonas|Megamonas}}</ref> and [National Center for Biotechnology Information](/source/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information) (NCBI).<ref name=NCBI>{{cite web |author=Schoch CL |display-authors=et al. |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?command=show&mode=tree&id=158846&lvl=3 |title=Megamonas |accessdate=2025-06-05 |publisher=[National Center for Biotechnology Information](/source/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information) (NCBI) taxonomy database}}</ref>

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! colspan=1 | 16S rRNA based [LTP](/source/The_All-Species_Living_Tree_Project)_10_2024<ref>{{cite web |title=The LTP |url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/#LTP| access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LTP_all tree in newick format |url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/wp-content/uploads/ltp/LTP_all_10_2024.ntree |access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=LTP_10_2024 Release Notes |url=https://imedea.uib-csic.es/mmg/ltp/wp-content/uploads/ltp/LTP_10_2024_release_notes.pdf |access-date=10 December 2024}}</ref>
! colspan=1 | 120 marker proteins based [GTDB](/source/Genome_Taxonomy_Database) 10-RS226<ref name="about">{{cite web |title=GTDB release 10-RS226 |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/about#4%7C |website=[Genome Taxonomy Database](/source/Genome_Taxonomy_Database)|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="tree_bac">{{cite web |title=bac120_r226.sp_label |url=https://data.gtdb.ecogenomic.org/releases/release226/226.0/auxillary_files/bac120_r226.sp_labels.tree |website=[Genome Taxonomy Database](/source/Genome_Taxonomy_Database)|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref><ref name="taxon_history">{{cite web |title=Taxon History |url=https://gtdb.ecogenomic.org/taxon_history/ |website=[Genome Taxonomy Database](/source/Genome_Taxonomy_Database)|access-date=1 May 2025}}</ref>
|- 
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{{Clade | style=font-size:90%;line-height:80%
|label1=''Megamonas''
|1={{clade
  |1=''M. hypermegale'' <small>corrig. (Harrison and Hansen 1963) Shah and Collins 1983</small>
  |2={{clade
    |1=''M. funiformis'' <small>Sakon et al. 2008</small>
    |2=''M. rupellensis'' <small>Chevrot et al. 2008</small>
     }}
   }}
}}
|
{{Clade | style=font-size:90%;line-height:80%
|label1=''Megamonas''
|1={{clade
  |1=''M. funiformis'' [incl. ''Megamonas rupellensis'']
  |2={{clade
    |1="''Ca''. M. gallistercoris" <small>Gilroy et al. 2021</small>
    |2=''M. hypermegale''
     }}
   }}
}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Category:Negativicutes
Category:Gram-negative bacteria
Category:Bacteria genera

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